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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

4ak1. GAkefEk OLEAhAs
The RzTIRxa PosTGAsTxR. "A re.
porter called upOn Mr.. o. J. Carr. the
retiring Postmaster. yesterday, to gel
some Of the facts from him concerning
bis long career as Postmaster. Mr.. Carr
said: II vent into the Seattle postoffice
as Assistant Postmaster under W. II
Pumphrey. eleven years ago the 9Th OF
the present month. When Mr.. Thomas
W Prosch succeeded Mr.. Pumphrey az
Postmaster, was continued as his as
sistant for tVo years, when be resigned
the office IN my favor aud / vss APP
pointed Postnn ster By President Hayes
during a recess of Congress, and after
wards reappointed By him to that Office.
When my term exsired -four years AGO,
/ vas again reappointed by President
Arthur. VIXEN first took entire charge
Of she office vas able 10 attend 10 ell
the business with the aid OF one assist
ant, but the business has steadily In
creased until il is impossible 30 get
along with less than four assistants.
shall assist Mr.. Lyon, ms successor. In
every way that can until he becomes
familiar with the routine Of the office.
I have not made up my mind yet what
business ! will 20 into. For time
will content myself in fixing up my
home, and making soule needed i'm.
pFovemeats 90 my premises"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

The Northern Pacific Express Com
pany are new prepared to issue money
orders, payabis 81 ell prints in The Uni-
principal cities in England. ireland,
Scotland, France, Norway, Denmark.
Germany. Sweden. Holland. Belgium
and Italy. These orders will be cashed
by Any bank. banker or merchant, Gen.
seqasnlly are the most convenient for
small remittAnces. fei0
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12
WITHHOLD Al nauRr

Medical Lake Salt possesses greater
curative properties than any other
known remedy. Il positively cures
RHKUMkTIsM, NKURALaIA,
CATAkzH, Skin DIsEAsEs,
DxsPEPsIA, fILM.
TooTH ACHE, Fro. Ere.
We will refund the money wherever IL
fails TO perform all IT claims TO do.
Trial packages free. 800 doses for 8
ialS 1m g. KELLsaa 4 Co., Agents
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

Emma Abbott gloves, mits, also fans
iust Fecsived. Elegant styles.
fel0 CHEsxkB CHRABx.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12
4 BgAUrIRUE NATURAL CoMPLRx-

Ladies' may temporarily enhance theiz
beauty With prepared chalk. bat those
whose osmplexions have the hue Of
nasare use Freeman's medical invisible
Face Powder.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

5000 worth Of Dry Goods slightly
damaged, fFem steamer Elder, now on
sale. CHKsrKR CLKkRx.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12
That dattens out and smothers
all competition.

Remember, everything advertised last week
still cheaper than ever. Domestic Goods
Of all kinds almost given away.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-12

Perhaps reductions have made IN this department in Mems
sndSuas usssh
ekept dspatns
hwohsem If all
the the two
the seasv starting
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
AN EXHAUSTIVE EPiTAPH.
The Story ON q Tombstone Which Tells OK
Many Sad Things.

The Story on q Tombstone Which Tells OK
Many Sad Things.
Chattanooga Commercial.
A correspondent copied the following from
a tombstone in Tennessee. The stone was
erected by NJ. Muldoon, of this city, and the
epitaph reads:
THOMAS P. AFTERALL,
The 9Th son OF
SoIoMoN FIDELITY AFTERALL,
Killed in 1916 by the Indians.
OF Puritan Stock.
And His Fourth Wife,
ELIZA JAS SMITH,
Who was the third wife of j. Smith. VIII was
hor second husband, born at the new city of
Indianapolis, Ind, i'll the year OF our Blessed
Redeemer and Saviour, 1914, Oh the 18th
day of january, the same blessed year, and,
after having been baptized the proper way
and acknowledging the true Baptist faith,
was married to Peggy Colt the tallest oneD
daughter of Jim Colt (who lived at the forks
of the road, who having died. he took to his
tender breast his true ~frlend-and mine
Martha Walpus. The two above helpmates
gave him seven sweet buds of trust and
affection, and I gave him one after his death
Of myself, who got scalded accidentally. by
him on maple sugar, and then still trusting
the promise of God, he clasped his wife for
the third time. o! SO sweet his now weep
ing widow, Mary Bangs Afterall who is N.Y.
self and died soon after, on March 10, 1872.
4, IL. neace to his ashes. Having performed
| the work laid out for him to do by his Gre
| ator, he now rests from his labors. There is
no sorroweth there.
Erected by his weeping and ~disconsolate
widow and his truest wife, Mary Bangs
AfteTall.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
IncOnstant.

I~nconstant didst thou ~ssy-not true to thee7
Thou knowest not the blissful ecstaey.
A single smile sends through my shlverlng
blood,
Till rapture fills my spirit like q flood!
Inconstant.-when to know thy perfect love
And feel that thou art near me, Is to learn
The sum OF mortal bliss, taught from above,
And cease my heart with PASSIONS flame to
burn.
I would be true to thee as Gods own TRUTH
NY constant heart clings to thee evermore,
When ailvery seas washed all the shining
shore.
o for one short, short hour in bliss to live,
Close to thy heart, my head upon thy
breast!
All other joys of life / glad would give,
So to my soul might come this perfect rest
LUIGI Rigdea in Inter ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
Nice Point of Law.

Texas siftings.
4 couple of Justices were IL liking shop. One
What bofhers me most 1s to arrive at
lust decision where one OF the litigating par"
ties is rich and the other poor"
BThat don't bother me at all" said the
other: .bnt / find it real difficult to render
4 ia decision where both of the Itigat5ng
parties are rich and each one tries to outDld
the other.s
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
NosAt Gome.

Texas siftings.
Mistress It's maid, Did any one call while
T was cat, Mary pr
Afary-Ais. MIN: q Young man caIisd
To 40 Bridget, the g azla sRie sIsas sErsea
IN flsaA sic wasn't at home till ayeiilns.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
A LIVING MASTODON.
Indians Who Aver that They Have Seen
1t In Alaska.

The juneau (Alaska) Free Press says,
In conversation with d. H. Summers:
I formerly Of Denver, Col, who came out
this fall with the first party of miners
firm FortyMile creek, We learned that the
existence of living mastodons near the
headwaters of White river was not the
mere fabrications of the northern furriers,
but that the Stick Indians had positively
told him that not later than five years ago
such an animal had been seen BY them.
One of the Indians said that while hunt
ing one day in that unknown section he
came across an immense track, sunk to a
depth of several inches in the moss, and
from the description as the Indian marked
II out TO him in the sand, il much resem-
bled au elephants track, and was larger
around than barrel. Upon striking it the
Indian followed up the curious trail, which,
to all appearances, was very fresh, and,
tracking from one immense stride to the
other for distance of some miles, he came
IN full view of his game. And what game
The hunter gave one look, then turned and
fled as though pursued by the evil one.
These Indians as class, are the bravest
of hunters, and with no other weapon than
the spear will attack and slay the St. Elias
grizzly. But the immense proportion of
this new kind Of game both startled and
filled the hunter, brave as he was, with
great fear, and he imagined his only safety
lay in swift and immediate flight He de-
scribed it as being larger than Harper5
(the post traders store, with great shining,
yellowish tusks and mouth large enough
to swallow him at single gulp. Hesaid the
animal was undoubtedly the same as were
the huge bones scattered over that section.
Ii such an animal is now in existence,
and Mr.. Summers has no reason 10
doubt the veracity of the Indian. as other
Indians, and also Mr.. Harper had con-
trmed it, they inhabit section of very
high altitude, and one but rarely visited |
by human beings, and these only Indians. |
We also have no reason to doubt the In |
dams tale, for at no very recent period the !
Yukon country was inhabited by these |
Indians, and hundreds OF their massive |
skeletons found strewn along the creeks |
are the silent but truthful witnesses. On |
Forty-Alile creek bones can be found pro- |
lecting partly from the sands and among |
the driftwood along the stream. On a |
creek below this these skeletons are quite |
numerous. One ivory tustl projects nine |
feet out of sand bank, and is larger |
around than mans body A single tooth |
would be a good load for I strong man to |
carry. This certainly would be great |
field for the scientist, for, to all appear !
ance, II is rich in natures curiosities.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

had eight children, including one son hay
ing six toes on one foot, another son and
two daughters each having six fingers on
each hand, and one daughter having six
fingers on each hand and six toes on each
foot. Fifth generation-Th daughter last
mentioned had three children, including a
son doubly deformed, like his mother and
son with six fingers on each hand, the
feet being normal. Moreover, one of the
two daughters of the fourth generation
with only the hands affected had eight
children, several of whom were normally
developed, but the rest were deformed as
follows: One daughter had an osseous
thickening at the digital extremity and on
the outer border of the fifth metacarpal ::
one son had six fingers on each hand and
SIX toes on each foot, and another son had
SIX fingers on each hand.
Thus, in the first generation one person
was affected, and in the second also one: in
the third there were two cases of deformitv.
in the fourth five, and in the fifth five.
that is, fourteen deforrned persons alto
together during five generations Of this
family
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
TRAGEDY OF THE CRsTER.
An Episode OF the Petersburg Fight Re
msmbered To-day With Horror.

Just rs | arrived in rear of First division
the mine was sprung. 1t was magnif-
cent spectacle, and rs the mass of earth
went up into the air, CARRYING with it men,
guns, carriages and timber, and spread out
like an immense cloud as it reached its
altitude, SO close were the Union lines that
the mass appeared as it would descend i'm
mediately upon the troops waiting to make
the charge. This caused them to break
and scatter to the rear, and about ten min
utes was spent in reforming for the attack.
Not much was lost by this delay, however,
as it took nearly that time for the cloud Of
dust to pass of. The order was given for
the advance. AS no part of the Union line
of breastworks had been removed (which
would have been an arduous as we'll as
hazardous undertaking. the troops clam
bered over them as'best they could. This
in itself broke the ranks, and they did not
stop to reform, but pushed ahead toward
the crater, about one hundred and thirty
yards distant, the debris from the explosion
having covered up the abatis and the che
vaux-de-frise in front of the enemy's works
Little did those men anticipate what
they would see upon arriving there; an
enormous hole in the ground, about
thirty feet deep, sixty feet wide, and 10
feet long, filled with dust, great blocks of
clay. guns, broken carriages, projecting
timbcrs, and men buried in various ways
some up to their necks, others up to their
waists, and some with their feet and legs
protruding from the earth. One of these
near me was pulled out, and he proved to
be a Second Lieutenant of the battery
which had been blown up. The fresh air
revived him and he was soon able to walk
and talk. He was very grateful and said
that he was asleep when the explo-
sion took place, and only awoke to find
himself wriggling in the air; then a few
seconds afterward he felt himself descend
ing, and soon loss consciousness.-MaiO W.
II. P0ueU, in Century
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
CONDENSED WISDOM.

Luck often makes us over-confident.
The fiirt sometimes falls in love her.
self.
The arm of the law seems often out Of
joint.
The hen that doesn't lay eats the most
corn.
The cramp often picks out the best
swimmer.
The truest tale isn't always the most
believed.
A pair of scissors must part before they
can meet.
The fire comes when the insurance
policy runs out.
\ table with three legs is often as steady
as one with four.
You can't judge man by his own
recommendation.
To shake hands with an enemy won't
atone for wrong.
The man with the longest sword often
gets the worst of it,
The fish that gets away always looks as
big as sea serpent.
Good credit in business is often better
than a fat bank account.
The man who drinks the most hasn't
always the reddest nose.
Every lane has turn, but many of us
get tired before We reach it.
In these days of elopements it is becom-
ing rather risky to furnish your new house
before the marriage ceremony has been
performed.
When We haven't penny we want tafy
when We have the penny we want house,
and when we have enough to buy house
we want the earth.-Judge
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

An OPERA Bella new operate rep
resentation in Paris introduces deep toll
ing which could ordinarily be given only
with church bell weighing $4,000 pounds.
The production of this deep tone with
available apparatus has been the subject
of much study and experiment, and the
problem has been finally solved by Mr.. Sax,
of saxophone and saxhorn fame This he
has done with bell of peculiar form
weighing only fifteen pounds. 1t consists
of sheet of brass rolled into the shape
of cornet, soldered, and then hammered
into superposed mutations that finally give
the whole a parabolic form. The timbre,
pitch and intensity of the sound yielded
vary according to the number, form and
arrangement of the mutations. In the
tolling, the vibrations are prolonged by
means of two saxhorns and small bell
sounding two octaves higher, and the re-
suit is impressive. This is one of the
many modern applications of science to
stage effects.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
OR YOUNG FOLKS.
woNAsHoop AND HASnoop Town

WoNASHooD AND MANHOOD TOWN.
Good morrow, fair maid, with lashes brown.
Can You tell me the way TO Womanhocd Town
Oh, this way and that way-neyer stop.
lis picking up stitches that grandma viii drop
, lis kissing the baby's troubles away,
lis learning that cross words will never Day
; lis helping mother til sewing up rents,
; lis leading and playing It's saving the cents
lis loving and smiling, forgetting to frown,
oh, that is the way 10 WOmanhood Town.
Just wait. my brave lad-one moment pray,
Manhood Town lies where-can you tell me the
way?
Oh, by toiling and trying, We reach the land
bit with the head, a bit with The hand
lis by climbing up the steep hill work,
; lis by keeping out of the wide street shirk,
; lis by always taking the weak ones part.
lis by giving mother happy heart,
It's by keeping bad thoughts AID actions down
Oh, that is the way TO Manhood Town.
And the lad and the maid ran hand in hand
To their fair estate in the Grown-up Land
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

KRUPP's BIGGEST GUN.-The great Ger
man manufacturer of steel, and of the
most powerful artillery, Herr Alfred
Krupp, who died on July 18th, had in
hand, at Essen, for two years past, gun
constructed for the Italian navy which is
the largest hitherto produced. The rail-
way truck, built expressly to transport it,
was IS feet long, with 80 wheels and 16
axles; but its length could form bendings,
at six points, to pass round curves on the
line of rails; this carriage without its
load weighed SO tons. The gun, which
weighs lis tons, is 40 feet long, and its in
ternal caliber is nearly 16 inches, rihed
with 90 spiral turns. 1t throws steel pro-
iectile weighing nearly one ton, with a
charge of six cwt. of brown prismatic pow
der having an initial velocity of GA yards
in second, and a range of nearly eight
miles. The shot can penetrate steel
armor plate SO inches thick Immediately
at the mouth of the gun, and plate of %
inches thick, it is estimated, at a distance
of mile or more. 1t is believed that no
armor-plated ship in the world can endure
the fire of such powerful guns. Krupp's
factory, however, is now engaged in max
ing two of still larger dimensions London
Netrs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22
Tranamissiono of DeformitY.

The following summarized history of a
six-toed man and his descendants is in
structive: First generation-Man born in
1852, had six toes on one foot. Second
generation-A son with six toes on one
foot; daughter normal. Third genera
tion-This daughter had FIVE children,
among whom were a son and daughter each
having six fingers on each hand. Fourth
generation-The daughter last mentioned
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

THE "RAILRoAD DANcE.-One of
the newest of the German figures at sum-
mer resorts is known as the -" Railroad"
This requires six railroad tickets for the
ladies, SIX placards for the gentlemen and
a whistle Tor the leader. The gentlemen
fasten the placards around their necks,
while the tickets are distributed among
the ladies. Upon the signal from the
leader the orchestra plays a railroad galop
and the gentlemen march into the room
initiating 4 train. At the sound of a
whistle the train stops and the leader
calls the name of one of the stations upon
the placards, when the lady with the cor
responding ticket takes her partner, the
rest following according to their destina-
tion.-Psiladelphid Call.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAC
= r4mento, SIS. In the Superior Court in and for
said county The people of the State of Califor-
mia to JOHN DROHAN, greeting: You are
hereby notified that an action was commenced
in the superior Court of the county OF Sacra-
complaint in the Clerk Office of said Court. on
the 9th day of JULY, 1857, in which action
MICHAEL lROHAN is plaintiff. and you arede-
PENDANT. That the general nature of the action,
as appears from SAID complaint. is rs follows:
10 recover Judgment against you for the sum
of 81 ,I09 80, and interest thereon from the 10th
day Of August. 1882 ut the rate Of seven per
Ct mt. per annum. And plaintiH alleges that on
the 18th day of Angus, 1889, in the superior
Court of the county of Sacramento, State pf Cal
ifOrnla, Judgment was duly given and made
by said Court in favor of plaintiff and against
you, in an action in said Court last above named
pending, wherein this plaintiff and said defend
ant was defendant, for the sum Of 81 1903 so
gold coin. which said Judgment bears interest
at the rate Of seven per cent. per annUm and
that the same has not been paid and is due. ow-
ing and unpaid. all of which viii more fully
appear in the complaint, to which refe renee
is hereby made, And you are hereby directed
10 appear and answer said complaint within
ten days from the service of this writ, ex-
elusive of the day of service, If served on you in
said county of Sacramento; and within thirty
DAYS exclusive of the day of service if served
elsewhere. And you are further notified that
unless you 50 appear and answer within the
time above specified the plaintiff will take
default and judgment against you as prayed for
in the complaint.
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, hereunto tmy
hand and affiX the seal of said Court, this 9th
SEAL VIM B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By JOS J. GUTH, Deputy Clerk.
RoB'r T. DEvlLS, Attorney for Plaintiff.
on
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

"When | was in Washington the other
day." remarked 4 Western politician at
the St James, "they showed me wonder
ful Indian palm in the botanical gardens.
They call it the caryOta ureus, and it cuts
a bigger figure in the world as an intoxi-
cant than all the distilleries of the United
States. Just in proportion as the follow
ers of Brahmin and Buddha in India are
far more numerous than the Christian pop
ulation in the United States, in the same
proportion does that palm tree surpass all
our appliances for making an intoxicant.
1t is a beautiful tree with trunk some
thing over foot in diameter, grows to the
hight of about 60 feet, and is surmounted
by an elegant crown of gracefully curved
leaves. The flower spikes are 10 or l. feet
long, and issue from the trunk at the base
of the leaves, hanging down like horses
tail. They are not produced till the tree
has arrived at its full period of
growth. and the manner in which
the numerous spikes succeed each other is
rather singular. The first spike issues
from the top of the tree. and after it is
done towering another comes out below it,
and so ON, = flower spike being produced
from Inc angie % edcIl ledl stalh, or from
the circular scar left by leaves that have
fallen away from the trunk, until the pro-
cess of Towering reaches the ground, when
the tree is exhausted and dies The En-
glish in India gave it the name OF To-day
palm, because they traced 4 kinship between
their own home toddy aud the juice of the
tree. The natives work it in this fashion I:
When the spikes are in the bud they cut
them of, and the sap that would have
flowed into the bud is caught by them in a
gourd and used as liquor. 1t is very
powerful, and produces fine crop of de
lirium trenens in India. They expect this
oriental distillery to flower some time this
fall. Yes, it is the only Teddy palm in
this country
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

Do NOT forget to add to your drinking
water, lemonade or soda, ten or twenty
drops OF AngostuT- Bitters. 1t imparts a
delicious flavor anu prevents malaria and
all summer diseases. Be sure to get the
genuine Angostura, manufactured only by
Dir. j. @. B. Siegert & Sons.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-10-22

Frrs,-An Fits stopped free by DIR
KGne's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits
after first days use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise and 81 trial bottle free to Fit
cases. Send to DR.. Kline, 931 Arch street,
PHILADELPHIA Pa.